Grantand's NBA trade value top 50

Funny read but it got me thinking. Should AB be on this list? All of the top 20 scorers are on it (except #6...AB). What do you think? I don't think he makes the most valuable list just because a lot of people really want him traded (here's looking at you Tim W). But wouldn't some teams really value this guy? At least once they failed to get the other 49?

Bargnani's been injured all year. Why the hell would he have ANY trade value?

If he were playing all year, he'd be in there I'm sure.

Eric Gordon (2 games) and Brook Lopez (5 games) are in. Admittedly, bargnani may not be exactly at their level but a full season does not seem to be a prerequisite. Not being a fanboy, just tossing it out for discussion.

Dude is a shithead. How many of his articles involve him taking back a ludicrous statement that he has since changed his mind about? It seems like that happens in every one i've ever read. He deals only in hyperbole and it gets old really fast

Eric Gordon (2 games) and Brook Lopez (5 games) are in. Admittedly, bargnani may not be exactly at their level but a full season does not seem to be a prerequisite. Not being a fanboy, just tossing it out for discussion.

Great point. Didn't read the list that thoroughly.
I would actually argue that Bargnani should be around the same level as Lopez.

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the article is current trade value, not overall quality assessments. bargs isn't higher because no play-off bound team would trade for someone that's been injured all year, the raptors aren't going to dump him just to get rid of salary and maybe grab a pick, and he plays a position that's seen a glut of emerging all-star talent in the last 2-3 years. assuming the raptors were playoff-bound, or he was healthy enough to put a playoff team over the edge, the list would be different.